The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-09
IN0CULATI0N FOR FEVER
THE MEDICAL CONGRESS URGES A
THOROUGH TEST.

DR.. Freire, of Brazil, Reads a Paper On
His Discovery-The Next Congress to
Be Held at Berlin and the Subsequent
One at st. Petersburg.
WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-The lobby at AL
baugh's Opera House was crowded this
morning by doctors, formed into line TO
await their turn at the box office window,
where new tickets of admission to this
evenings banquet were being delivered.
The audience for this reason was rather thin
when President Davis, at 10 O'Clock, called
the Congress to order The Secretary Gen
eral announced the committee selected by
President Davis, in compliance with the
resolution adopted yesterday, to determine
the place of meeting of the tenth
international Medical Congress. The com
mittee is as follows: Austria Hungary, DR..
Faskas, of Buda-Pesth; Belgium, DIR. Ser
vais, of Antwerp; Brazil, DR.. Freire, of
Rio; China, DR.. Boone, of Shanghai; France,
DR.. Landolt, of Paris; Germany, DR.. Mar
tin, of Berlin; Great Britain, DR.. Pauy, of
London; Italy, DR.. Zemmola, of Naples;
Japan, DR.. Saiga, of the Imperial Navy;
Mexico, DIR. Albornado of Mexico; Russia,
DR.. Reyser, of St Petersburg; Spain, DR..
Lalletreda, of Seville; Sweden and Norway,
DR.. Tillman, of Holmstadt; Switzerland,
DR.; Cordes;, of Geneva Turkey, DR.. Post,
of Beirut; Egypt, DR.. Grant, Bey Of Cairo;
United States, Medical Director Gihon,
United States Navy. 1t was announced
that the committee would meet at 8 o'clock
this afternoon at the Riggs House.
INoCULATIoN FOR YELLOW FEVER.
DR.. Atkinson, of Philadelphia, one of the
secretaries of the congress, read the follow
ing abstract from the proceedings of the
section of Public and International Hy-
giene.
After the reading by DIR. Domingo
Freire, of Rio Janeiro, representative in
the congress of the Brazilian government,
of paper entitled: Vaccination with At
tenuated Culture of the Microbe of Yellow
Fever with demonstration Of the microbe
under the microscope the following pream-
BILE and resolutions were adopted by the sec
tion:
WHEREAS In occulation against yellow fever,
If il prove successful after further examination
is calculated to benefit the human race through
out the world; and
WHEREAS, The facts presented by the expert
ments of Or. Domingo Freire afford reason
able assurance of its protecting influence in Rio
Resolved, That this section recommends Co
operative investigation of the results obtained
by yellow fever inoculations as protective
.
priations by the governments represented in
this congress be made for that purpose.
ReSoiued That this action be communicated
forthwith for consideration in the general ses-
sion of the congress-
AMERICAS DISCOVERY.
DIR, A. Y. P. Garnett, of this city, offered
the following resolution:
WHEREAS, II is proposed to hold at the city of
Washington, in 1902, an International celebra-
tion in honor of the two hundredth anniversary
OF the discovery of America by Christopher
| Columbus, and an exposition Of the history, arts
and industries of all nations;
Resolved, That the International Medical
Congress favors this patriotic movement, and
commend it TO the nations of the world.
Surgeon Hamilton, of the Marine Hos
pital Service, seconded the motion
DR.. Zemmola, in behalf of the country of
the discoverer's birth, supported the resolu-
tion briefly, but eloquently, and it was
unanimously adopted.
TO NEXT MEET AT BERLIN.
The committee appointed to report upon
the place for the next meeting of the Inter
national Medical Congress decided to report
in favor of Berlin, Germany. The meeting
will occur in 1890. The day and month are
to be hereafter determined. The report
will be presented to the congress tomorrow
for adoption. Berlin was selected in accord
ance with an understanding reached
at Copenhagen when Washington was
selected as the place of holding
the present meeting, at that time America
and Germany were the chief competitors
for the honor, and it was decided to hold the
present congress in America and the follow
ing one in Germany. The other places
mentioned at the meeting of the committee
to-day, were st. Petersburg, Paris and
Rome As the congress had heretofore been
held in the two last named cities
an understanding was affected by which
Russia will be honored next after Germany